Variety Burak (Atlantic-Congo)

Form Concept Segments

Consonants

Pulmonic Consonants
Place → Labial Coronal Dorsal Laryngeal
↓ Manner Bilabial Labio­dental Linguo­labial Dental Alveolar Palato-
alveolar		 Retroflex Alveolo-
palatal		 Palatal Velar Uvular Pharyngeal
/ Epiglottal		 Glottal
Nasal m m̩ n n̩ ŋ
Stop p b t d k kʷ g
Sibilant affricate dʒ
Non-sibilant affricate
Sibilant fricative s z ʃ
Non-sibilant fricative f v
Approximant l j
Flap or tap
Trill r
Lateral affricate
Lateral fricative
Lateral approximant
Lateral flap
Implosive

Vowels

Front Near-front Central Near-back Back Close Near-close Close-mid Mid Open-mid Near-open Open iunrounded close front vowel yrounded close front vowel iːlong unrounded close front vowel íunrounded close front with-high_tone vowel îunrounded close front with-falling_tone vowel ûrounded close back with-falling_tone vowel urounded close back vowel uːlong rounded close back vowel ùrounded close back with-low_tone vowel ɪːlong unrounded near-close near-front vowel ɪunrounded near-close near-front vowel ʊrounded near-close near-back vowel ʊːlong rounded near-close near-back vowel eunrounded close-mid front vowel eːlong unrounded close-mid front vowel orounded close-mid back vowel oːlong rounded close-mid back vowel əunrounded mid central vowel ɛ́unrounded open-mid front with-high_tone vowel ɛunrounded open-mid front vowel ɛ̀unrounded open-mid front with-low_tone vowel ɛːlong unrounded open-mid front vowel ɔrounded open-mid back vowel ɔ̀rounded open-mid back with-low_tone vowel aunrounded open front vowel aːlong unrounded open front vowel
Vowels

Other segments

   
Other segments
 w voiced labio-velar approximant consonant
 ɓ voiced bilabial implosive consonant
 ɗ voiced dental implosive consonant
 aʊ from unrounded open front to rounded near-close near-back diphthong